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Hebrew
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, borrowed from and reinforced by words from multiple languages, including in modern times French savon, German Seife, the former through Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). Compare Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn); English soap; Ladino shavón, שאבון and Yiddish זייף (zeyf). A word with similar meaning appears in the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Kama, 93b) in the form צפון.
Pronunciation
Noun
סַבּוֹן • (sabón) m (plural indefinite סַבּוֹנִים, singular construct סַבּוֹן־, plural construct סַבּוֹנֵי־)
- a soap
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